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T. H. KLEIN & H. 0. FRENCH. WINDOW SHADE BRACKET.

No. 520,648. Patented May 29, 1894.

UNITE STATES THEODORE H. KLEIN AND HARRY C. FRENCH, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO;SAID FRENCH ASSIGNOR TO SAID KLEIN.

WINDOW-SHADE BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,648, dated May 29,1894. I

Application filed February 27, 1894.. Serial No. 501 ,634=- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THEODORE H. KLEI and HARRY C. FRENCH, of Cleveland,in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain newand useful Improvements 1n Window-ShadeBrackets; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in window-shade or curtain-polesupporting brackets; and it consists in certain features of constructionhereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of awindow-shade bracket embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a right handside elevation relative to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows our improved bracketpartially applied to a wall or window-casing. Fig. 4 shows the bracketsecured in position upon the wall or caslng. Fig. 5 is a side elevationof the bracket previously made by us, and Fig. 6 exhibits theapplication of the bracket shown in Fig. 5.

Our improved bracket is cast preferably of malleable iron, and isprovided with a point, ct, adapted to be driven into the window-casmg orobject to which the bracket is to be secured, the portion a of thebracket to be engaged by the hammer or tool used in driving the sameinto the window-casing, or object, bemg located preferably directly inline with sald point. The bracket, a suitable distance below point a, isprovided with another point, a that is considerably shorter than pointa, point a being preferably just long enough to embed itself in thewindow-casing or object in driving the bracket into the casing or objectto prevent the bracket from turning or worklng loose when the bracket issecured in pos1t1on, the bracket being provided with flanges orshoulders, a at the inner ends of points a a said flanges or shouldersextending preferably all around the respective point and being adaptedto engage the surface 12 of the w1ndow-casing or object when the bracketis secured in place. The entire bracket is composed of a single castingand can be secured to any form of molding or window-casing.

Our improved bracket illustrated in Figs. 1, 2,3 and 4, possesses markedadvantages over the bracket heretofore made by us and exhibited in Figs.5 and 6. In the bracket shown in said Figs. 5 and 6, it will beobservedthat the embedding points are arranged parallel with each other, andthat the shoulders or flanges at the inner ends of the points, arelocated in the same vertical plane. This bracket, when driven into orsecured to the window-casing or object, will incline more or lessupwardly and outwardly upon being secured in place and the lowerembedding point will consequently not entirely embed itself in thewindow-casing or object, as shown in Fig. 6, that exhibits theapplication of one of said brackets. Hence, the bracket when secured inplace, as shown in said Fig. 6, is not only not as secure as itshouldbe, but is unsightly. We, therefore, arrange the shoulder or flange atthe inner end of the upper or longer point somewhat in advance of theshoulder or flange at the inner end of the lower or shorter point, andalso arrange the upper shoulder or flange at an inclination to thevertical plane in which the lower shoulder or flange is located, thatis, at an inclination in the direction of the free end of the upperpoint. The lower point is arranged at right angles to the shoulder orflange at the inner end of said point, but the-upper point, as alreadyindicated, inclines somewhat upwardly toward the free end of said pointrelative to the lower point. The result of our improved construction,just described, is that when the bracket is driven with its upper pointapproximately embedded in the window-casing or object to-which thebracket is to be secured, the lower point will only be partiallyembedded in said casing or object, as shown in Fig. 3; the upperextremity of the shoulder or flange at the inner end of the upper pointwill engage the surface of 21p window-casing or object, but the lower Extremity will not yet have engaged said casing or object, whereas theshoulder or flanges v at the inner endof the lower point, will maintainparallelism with such casing or object. When the bracket has beensecured in place to the extent shown in Fig. 3, by thereupon applyingone or more blows to portion a of l. A window-shade or curtain-polesupport ing-bracket having two embedding-points of difierent lengths,respectively, and shoulders or flanges at the inner ends of the points,the shoulder or flange at the inner end of the longer point beinglocated somewhat in advance of the shoulder or flange at the innergndlpf the shorter point, substantially as set ort 2. A window-shade orcurtain-pole supportin g-b racket having an upper embedding-point a anda lower and shorter embedding-point a and shoulders or flanges a at theinner ends of the points, the lower point and shoulder or flange at theinner end of said point being arranged at right angles or approximatelyat right angles to each other, and the shoulder or flange at the innerend of the upper point inclining toward the free end of said point andbeing located somewhat in advance of the shoulder or flange at the innerend of the lower point, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we sign this specification, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 18th day of January, 1894.

THEODORE I-I. KLEIN. HARRY G. FRENCH.

WVitnesses:

G. H. Donna, WARD HOOVER.

